Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Payment Solutions

Reference number: RM3828

II.1.2)Main CPV code

66000000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier, multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the provision of payment card, prepaid card and fund disbursement solutions, across the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

The Framework Contract will be accessible to Central Government and Wider Public Sector organisations, throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK).

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Public Sector Card (PSC)

Lot No: 1

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

30160000

30161000

30162000

30163000

48812000

66000000

66110000

66170000

66172000

72212440

79211120

79211200

79411100

79412000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UK

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

A multi-supplier Lot for the provision and maintenance of a Public Sector Card (PSC), which is accessible to Central Government and Wider Public Sector organisations.

The estimated value for Lot 1 is 9 856 000 000 GBP over the duration of the four year Framework Agreement. We cannot guarantee any business through the Framework Agreement.

Bidders should note that the above Lot value relates to transactional spend through the Framework Agreement.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion – Name: Quality / Weighting: 40 %

Price – Weighting: 60 %

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 9 856 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Prepaid Cards

Lot No: 2

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

30160000

30162000

48812000

66000000

66110000

66172000

75200000

75300000

75310000

79211120

79412000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UK

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

A multi-supplier Lot for the provision and maintenance of Prepaid Cards, which is accessible to UK Central Government and Wider Public sector organisations.

The estimated value for Lot 2 is 84 000 000 GBP over the duration of the 4 year Framework Agreement. We cannot guarantee any business through the Framework Agreement.

Bidders should note that the above lot value relates to direct spend through the Framework Agreement.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion – Name: Quality / Weighting: 60 %

Price – Weighting: 40 %

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 84 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

Fund Disbursement Solutions

Lot No: 3

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

30160000

30162000

48812000

66000000

66110000

75200000

75300000

75310000

79211120

79412000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UK

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

A multi-supplier Lot for the provision of fund disbursement solutions to facilitate the delivery of funds to End Users, which is accessible to UK Central Government and Wider Public Sector organisations.

The estimated value for Lot 3 is 60 000 000 GBP over the duration of the 4 year Framework Agreement. We cannot guarantee any business through the Framework Agreement.

Bidders should note that the above Lot value relates to direct spend through the Framework Agreement.

II.2.5)Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion – Name: Quality / Weighting: 80 %

Price – Weighting: 20 %

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 60 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Bidders will be assessed, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (implementing the Directive), on the basis of information provided in response to a Bid Pack registering for access.

This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) eSourcing Suite, BravoSolution. This will be the primary route for sharing information and communicating with bidders. To participate bidders must first be registered on BravoSolution. If you have recently registered on this portal, for another CCS procurement, you can used the same account. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal.

Your DUNS number (a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge, by Dun and Bradstreet); and

User and contact details.

Once registered on the BravoSolution portal, you will be able to express your interest in this procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.

Note: if you require additional users from your organisation to see the Bid Pack, do not repeat the above as this will create a new, separate account; instead, the registered user can add additional users to the existing account via Profile, User Management, Users Expressing an Interest.

2) On the dashboard there is a ‘quick links’ portlet — click on ‘My ITTs’;

3) On the next screen, click on ‘ITTs open to all suppliers’;

4) The ‘Payment Solutions’ ITT will be displayed.

Note: There may also be other events listed on here. Click on the ‘Payment Solutions’ ITT name.

5) Click on ‘Express an Interest’ at the top of the next screen

6) You can now access the published documents in the BravoSolution portal. For assistance please contact the eSourcing helpdesk, operated by BravoSolution, by email at help@bravosolution.co.uk or by telephone on 0345 010 3503.

Responses must be submitted by the date stated in IV.2.2 of this Contract Notice.

Lot(s) 1 and 2 Security Requirements:

You are required to provide the Authority with evidence of your compliance with PCI DSS requirements, prior to the execution of the first call-off contract. Where your organisation proposes to use key subcontractors to carry out the services, and these key subcontractors shall be involved in handling sensitive and personal information with regard to the services, such key subcontractors will also have evidence of their compliance with PCI DSS requirements, prior to the execution of the first call-off contract.

Lot 3 Security Requirements:

You are required to provide the Authority with evidence of a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate, which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies within the most recent 12 months. Where your organisation proposes to use key subcontractors to carry out the services, and these key subcontractors shall be involved in handling sensitive and personal information with regard to the services, such key subcontractors will have in place a valid Cyber Essentials certificate, prior to the execution of the first call-off contract.

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 999

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

This Framework Agreement will be for an Initial Period of three (3) years, with an option to extend for up to one (1) further period of twelve (12) months, at the Authority’s discretion up to a total duration of forty eight (48) months.

The values provided in Section(s) II.1.5 and II.2 are only estimates. We cannot guarantee any business through the Framework Agreement.

This procurement will be evaluated in accordance with the process set out in the Bid Pack documentation. The Authority reserves the right to run all stages of the procurement concurrently.

The Authority considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) will not apply at framework level. However, it is the responsibility of bidders to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply, in particular circumstances of the Call Off Contract, and to act accordingly. The bidder is encouraged to carry out its own due diligence.

The Authority reserves the right:

(i) not to award any Framework Agreement, as a result of the procurement process, commenced by publication of this notice;

(ii) in the event that there is a substantive challenge to the Procurement, and such challenge is confined to a single Lot, the Authority reserves the right to the extent that it is lawful to do so to conclude a Framework Agreement with the successful Bidder(s) in respect of the Lot that has not been challenged; and,

(iii) make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.

In no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the Bidders.